STOT, stot, _v.i._ (_prov._) to stumble.--Also STOT'TER.
STOUND, stownd, _n._ (_Spens._) a stunning influence, a blow, amazement: a
shooting pain: a noise: sorrow, grief, mishap: effort.--_v.t._ to stun,
astound. [A contr. of _astound_.]
STOUND, stownd, _n._ (_Spens._) a moment of time: time, season, hour. [A.S.
_stund_.]
STOUND, stownd (_Spens._). Same as STUNNED.
STOUP, stowp, _n._ (_Spens._). Same as STOOP (2).
STOUR, stowr, _n._ a tumult, battle, assault: a paroxysm. [O. Fr. _estour_,
tumult.]
STOUT, stowt, _adj._ strong: robust: corpulent: resolute: proud: (_B._)
stubborn.--_n._ extra strong porter.--_adj._ STOUT'-HEART'ED, having a
brave heart.--_adv._ STOUT'-HEART'EDLY.--_n._ STOUT'-HEART'EDNESS.--_adv._
STOUT'LY.--_n._ STOUT'NESS (_B._), stubbornness. [O. Fr. _estout_,
bold--Old Dut. _stolt_, stout; Ger. _stolz_, bold.]
STOUTHRIEF, stowth'r[=e]f, _n._ (_Scots law_) theft attended with
violence--also STOUTH'RIE.--_n._ STOUTH'-AND-ROUTH (_Scot._), plenty,
abundance.
STOVE, st[=o]v, _n._ an apparatus with a fire for warming a room, cooking,
&c.: a pottery-kiln: an oven for heating the blast of a blast-furnace: a
drying-room.--_v.t._ to heat or keep warm.--_ns._ STOVE'-PIPE, a metal pipe
for carrying smoke from a stove to a chimney-flue; STOVE'PIPE-HAT, a high
silk hat; STOVE'-PLANT, a plant cultivated in a stove; STOVE'-PLATE, a lid
or plate covering one of the holes in a cooking-stove. [A.S. _stofa_; Ger.
_stube_.]
STOVE, st[=o]v, _pa.t._ and _pa.p._ of _stave_.
STOVER, st[=o]v'[.e]r, _n._ (_Shak._) fodder for cattle. [O. Fr. _estover_,
necessity--_estover_, _estoveir_, to fit.]
STOW, st[=o], _v.t._ to place: to arrange: to fill by packing things in:
(_slang_) to put away out of sight: to be silent about.--_ns._ STOW'AGE,
act of placing in order: state of being laid up: room for articles to be
laid away: money paid for stowing goods; STOW'AWAY, one who hides himself
in an outward-bound vessel in order to get a passage for nothing;
STOW'DOWN, the process of stowing down in a ship's hold; STOW'ER, one who
stows; STOW'ING, in mining, rubbish thrown into the cavities out of which
the ore, coal, &c. have been taken. [M. E. _stowen_, to place--A.S. _stów_,
a place; cf. Dut. _stuwen_, to stow, to push, Ger. _stauen_, to pack.]
STOW, stow, _v.t._ (_Scot._) to cut off, crop.
STOWLINS, st[=o]'linz, _adv._ (_Scot._) stealthily.
STOWN, stown, a Scotch form of _stolen_.
STRABISMUS, str[=a]-bis'mus, _n._ squint.--_adjs._ STRABIS'MAL,
STRABIS'MIC, -AL.--_ns._ STRABISMOM'ETER, STRABOM'ETER, an instrument for
measuring strabismus; STRABOT'OMY, the surgical operation for the cure of
squinting, by the division of the muscle or muscles that distort the
eyeball. [Gr.,--_strabos_, squinting--_strephein_, to twist.]
STRADDLE, strad'l, _v.i._ to stride or part the legs wide: to stand or walk
with the legs far apart: to seem favourable to both sides in any question
that divides opinion into parties, to trim with regard to any
controversy.--_v.t._ to stand or sit astride of.--_n._ act of straddling:
an attempt to fill a non-committal position: a stock-transaction in which
the buyer obtains the privilege of either a _put_ or a _call_: a vertical
mine-timber supporting a set.--_adv._ astride.--_adj._ STRADD'LE-LEGGED,
having the legs wide apart. [A freq. from A.S. _str['æ]d_, _pa.t._ of
_strídan_, stride.]
STRADIVARIUS, strad-i-v[=a]'ri-us, _n._ a violin, esp. one made by the
famous Antonio _Stradivari_ (1649-1737) of Cremona.
STRAE, str[=a], _n._ (_Scot._) straw.--STRAE DEATH, death in one's bed from
natural causes, as opposed to death by accident, by violence, by the rope,
&c.
STRAGGLE, strag'l, _v.i._ to wander from the course: to ramble: to stretch
beyond proper limits: to be dispersed.--_ns._ STRAGG'LER, one who straggles
from the course: a wandering fellow: a vagabond: a migratory animal found
away from its usual range; STRAGG'LE-TOOTH, a misshapen or misplaced
tooth.--_adv._ STRAGG'LINGLY, in a straggling manner.--_n._
STRAGGL'ING-MON'EY, money paid for apprehending deserters and men absent
without leave: money deducted from the wages of such absentees.--_adj._
STRAGG'LY, straggling, spread out. [For _strackle_, freq. of M. E.
_straken_--A.S. _strícan_, to go.]
STRAGULUM, strag'[=u]-lum, _n._ the mantle or pallium in ornithology. [L.,
a cover.]
STRAIGHT, str[=a]t, _adj._ direct: being in a right line: not crooked:
nearest: upright: free from disorder: honourable, fair: unqualified,
out-and-out: consisting of a sequence at poker: (_slang_) undiluted, neat,
as a dram of whisky, &c., direct, authoritative, reliable.--_adv._
immediately: in the shortest time.--_v.t._ to straighten.--_n._
STRAIGHT'-ARCH, an arch in the form of two sides of an isosceles
triangle.--_adjs._ STRAIGHT'AWAY, straight forward; STRAIGHT'-CUT, cut
lengthwise of the leaf, of tobacco.--_n._ STRAIGHT'-EDGE, a narrow board or
piece of metal having one edge perfectly straight for applying to a surface
to ascertain whether it be exactly even.--_v.t._ STRAIGHT'EN, to make
straight.--_ns._ STRAIGHT'ENER, one who, or that which, straightens;
STRAIGHT'-FACE, a sober, unsmiling face.--_adv._ STRAIGHT'FORTH directly:
henceforth.--_adj._ STRAIGHTFOR'WARD, going forward in a straight course:
honest: open: downright.--_adv._ STRAIGHTFOR'WARDLY.--_n._
STRAIGHTFOR'WARDNESS, direction in a straight course: undeviating
rectitude.--_adv._ STRAIGHT'LY, tightly: closely.--_n._ STRAIGHT'NESS,
narrowness: tightness.--_adjs._ STRAIGHT'-OUT, out-and-out; STRAIGHT'-PIGHT
(_Shak._), straight, erect.--_adv._ STRAIGHT'WAY, directly: immediately:
without loss of time. [A.S. _streht_, pa.p. of _streccan_, to stretch.]
STRAIK, str[=a]k, _n._ a Scotch form of _stroke_.
STRAIN, str[=a]n, _v.t._ to stretch tight: to draw with force: to exert to
the utmost: to injure by overtasking: to make tight: to constrain, make
uneasy or unnatural: to press to one's self, to embrace: to pass through a
filter.--_v.i._ to make violent efforts: to filter.--_n._ the act of
straining: a violent effort: an injury inflicted by straining, esp. a
wrenching of the muscles: a note, sound, or song, stretch of imagination,
&c.: any change of form or bulk of a portion of matter either solid or
fluid, the system of forces which sustains the strain being called the
_stress_: mood, disposition.--_ns._ STRAIN'ER, one who, or that which,
strains: an instrument for filtration: a sieve, colander, &c.; STRAIN'ING,
a piece of leather for stretching as a base for the seat of a
saddle.--STRAIN A POINT, to make a special effort: to exceed one's duty;
STRAIN AT, in Matt. xxiii. 24, a misprint for STRAIN OUT. [O. Fr.
_straindre_--L. _string[)e]re_, to stretch tight. Cf. _String_ and
_Strong_.]
STRAIN, str[=a]n, _n._ race, stock, generation: descent: natural tendency,
any admixture or element in one's character.--_n._ STRAIN'ING-BEAM, a
tie-beam uniting the tops of the queen-posts. [M. E. _streen_--A.S.
_gestréon_, gain; confused in M. E. with the related M. E. _strend_--A.S.
_strynd_, lineage.]
STRAINT, str[=a]nt, _n._ (_Spens._) violent tension.
STRAIT, str[=a]t, _adj._ difficult: distressful: (_obs._ strict, rigorous:
narrow, so in _B._).--_n._ a narrow pass in a mountain, or in the ocean
between two portions of land: difficulty, distress.--_v.t._ to stretch,
tighten: to distress.--_v.t._ STRAIT'EN, to make strait or narrow: to
confine: to draw tight: to distress: to put into difficulties.--_adjs._
STRAIGHT'-HEART'ED, stingy; STRAIT'-LACED, rigid or narrow in
opinion.--_adv._ STRAIT'LY, narrowly: (_B._) strictly.--_ns._ STRAIT'NESS,
state of being strait or narrow: strictness: (_B._) distress or difficulty;
STRAIT'-WAIST'COAT, STRAIT'-JACK'ET, a dress made with long sleeves, which
are tied behind, so that the arms are confined. [O. Fr. _estreit_,
_estrait_ (Fr. _étroit_)--L. _strictus_, _pa.p._ of _string[)e]re_, to draw
tight.]
STRAKE, str[=a]k, obsolete _pa.t._ of _strike_.
STRAKE, str[=a]k, _n._ one breadth of plank in a ship, either within or
without board, wrought from the stem to the sternpost: the hoop or tire of
a wheel; (_obs._) a bushel: the place where ore is assorted on a mine
floor.--Also STRAIK. [A variant of _streak_.]
STRAMASH, stra-mash', _n._ (_Scot._) a tumult, disturbance.--_v.t._ to
beat, destroy.
STRAMMEL, stram'el, _n._ straw.--_adj._ STRAMIN'EOUS, strawy, light like
straw.
STRAMONIUM, str[=a]-m[=o]'ni-um, _n._ a common narcotic weed of the
Nightshade family, called also the _Thorn-apple_, _Stink-weed_, and
_Jimson-weed_--_Datura Stramonium_: a drug prepared from its seeds and
leaves, resembling belladonna, good in asthma.--Also STRAM'ONY.
STRAND, strand, _n._ the margin or beach of the sea or of a lake: (_Scot._)
a rivulet, a gutter.--_v.t._ to run aground: to be stopped.--_v.i._ to
drift or be driven ashore.--_p.adj._ STRAND'ED, driven on shore: left
helpless without further resource. [A.S. _strand_; Ger. _strand_, Ice.
_strönd_, border.]
STRAND, strand, _n._ one of the strings or parts that compose a
rope.--_v.t._ to break a strand: to form by uniting strands. [Dut.
_streen_, a skein; Ger. _strähne_.]
STRANGE, str[=a]nj, _adj._ foreign: belonging to another country: not
formerly known, heard, or seen: not domestic: new: causing surprise or
curiosity, marvellous: unusual, odd: estranged, reserved: unacquainted
with, unversed: not lawfully belonging to one.--_adv._ STRANGE'LY.--_ns._
STRANGE'NESS; STR[=A]N'GER, a foreigner: one from homed: one unknown or
unacquainted: a guest or visitor: one not admitted to communion or
fellowship: a popular premonition of the coming of a visitor by a bit of
stalk in a cup of tea, guttering in a candle, &c.--STRANGE WOMAN, a whore.
[O. Fr. _estrange_ (Fr. _étrange_)--L. _extraneus_--_extra_, beyond.]
STRANGLE, strang'gl, _v.t._ to compress the throat so as to prevent
breathing and destroy life: to choke: to hinder from birth or appearance:
to suppress.--_n._ STRANG'LER.--_n.pl._ STRANG'LES, a contagious eruptive
disorder peculiar to young horses.--_n._ STRANG'LE-WEED, the dodder, the
broom-rape.--_v.t._ STRANG'ULATE, to strangle: to compress so as to
suppress or suspend function.--_p.adj._ STRANG'ULATED, having the function
stopped by compression: constricted, much narrowed.--_n._
STRANGUL[=A]'TION, act of strangling: compression of the throat and partial
suffocation: the state of a part abnormally constricted. [O. Fr.
_estrangler_ (Fr. _étrangler_)--L. _strangul[=a]re_, _-[=a]tum_--Gr.
_strangaloein_, to strangle, _strangos_, twisted.]
STRANGURY, strang'g[=u]-ri, _n._ painful retention of, or difficulty in
discharging, urine.--_adj._ STRANG[=U]'RIOUS. [L. _stranguria_--Gr.
_strangx_, a drop, from _stranggein_, to squeeze, _ouron_, urine.]
STRAP, strap, _n._ a narrow strip of cloth or leather: a razor-strop: an
iron plate secured by screw-bolts, for connecting two or more timbers:
(_naut._) a piece of rope formed into a circle, used to retain a block in
its position: (_slang_) credit, esp. for liquor.--_v.t._ to beat or bind
with a strap: to strop, as a razor: (_Scot._) to hang:--_pr.p._ strap'ping;
_pa.t._ and _pa.p._ strapped.--_n._ STRAP'-GAME, the swindling game better
known as _Prick-the-garter_, _Fast-and-loose_.--_n.pl._ STRAP'-MOUNTS, the
buckles, &c., fitted on leather straps.--_ns._ STRAP'-OIL, a thrashing;
STRAP'PER, one who works with straps, esp. one who harnesses horses:
something big, a tall large person; STRAP'PING, the act of fastening with a
strap: materials for straps: a thrashing.--_adj._ tall, handsome.--_adj._
STRAP'-SHAPED, shaped like a strap, ligulate.--_n._ STRAP'-WORK
(_archit._), ornamentation consisting of crossed and interlaced fillets or
bands. [Orig. _strop_, from A.S. _stropp_--L. _struppus_; cf. Gr.
_strophos_, a twisted band.]
STRAPPADO, strap-[=a]'do, _n._ (_Shak._) a punishment which consisted in
pulling the victim to the top of a beam and letting him fall so as to break
his bones.--_v.t._ (_Milt._) to torture or punish by the strappado. [It.
_strappata_--_strappare_, to pull.]